The car saga, continued
As you may be aware from a previous post, back at the end of July, someone drove into the back of my little Seat Arosa. Just before we went on holiday to Canada for three weeks I got the news that the car would not be coming back from the repair shop.
We are now back from Canada, and I am without a car to get me to work. There are other ways of getting there – it’s cycle-able if I set out early enough, and there is a bus (although I have never used it.) However, I still think I need a car. So I have today put a deposit down on a new Citroen C1.
According to the dealer I should get it in about two weeks. I never quite trust such estimates, so I’ll be keeping a close eye on how things progress…
Steve wrote:
Sounds like a good choice. I like cars that do 60 odd miles per gallon. BTW: where’d you get in Canada? I’ve lived in the west (Kelowna, BC), the middle (Calgary, Alberta) and the east (Montreal, Quebec). They say “west is best, east is least”, but I liked Montreal the most.
Posted on 31-Aug-08 at 12:44 pm | Permalink
Frank wrote:
Our Canada holiday was in two chunks. We drove around BC in a 22ft camper van for a week and a bit (Vancouver – Whistler – Cache Creek – Clearwater – Wells Grey Park – Hope – Vancouver) then flew over to Ontario and stayed in a relative’s house in Barrie while we explored that side of the country (museums, lakes, theme parks, etc.)
In part this visit was a kind of second honeymoon, but with children. When we got married 13 years ago we did about a week in and around Toronto visiting relatives, then two weeks or so in the west. That was a broader trip and included both Kelowna and Calgary, as well as Vancouver and Vancouver Island etc.
There’s certainly a lot to like about Canada. In general I prefer the mountains and wilderness of the west, although I’ll admit I have never been to the French east which might change my mind a bit.
Posted on 31-Aug-08 at 1:59 pm | Permalink
Steve wrote:
That’s a really nice trip. I always meant to get to know a little more about BC; Kelowna has a great climate, eh? (as they say in Canada)
Montreal has a terrible climate but the best bars!
What was the price of “gas”?
Posted on 01-Sep-08 at 9:27 am | Permalink
Frank wrote:
around $1.45 in BC, around $1.25 in Ontario
Expensive for Canada, still cheap compared to UK.
Posted on 01-Sep-08 at 9:34 am | Permalink